Amanda Konkle

Some Kind of Mirror

Creating Marilyn Monroe

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Produktbeschreibung

Some Kind of Mirror offers the first extended scholarly analysis of Marilyn Monroe’s film performances, examining how they united the contradictory discourses about women’s roles in 1950s America. Amanda Konkle explores how Monroe drew from the techniques of Method acting and finely calibrated her performances to reflect her audience’s anxieties and desires.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9781978802612
• ISBN-10: 1978802617
• Artikelnr.: 52613446

Autorenporträt

AMANDA KONKLE is an assistant professor of film studies and English at Georgia Southern University's Armstrong Campus in Savannah, Georgia.  

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
1          Introduction: Playing Marilyn Monroe
2          Becoming a Star: The Publicity Buildup and Early Performances
3          Mrs. America: Marilyn Monroe and Marriage Anxiety
4          "It's Kinda Personal and Embarrassing, Too": Monroe, the Kinsey
Reports, and the Double Standard
5          The Actress and Her Method: Resisting Playing Marilyn Monroe
Conclusion: A Marilyn Monroe Type
Filmography
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Index